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Robert Lazzarini, Rated M for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs (The Last of Us Part II), 2021Acrylic and oil on canvas, 17 x 22 inches (image source: Lowell Ryan Projects) Robert Lazzarini's latest project consists of a series of paintings
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Lera Malchenko, 1/2 of the collective fantastic little splash, has recently launched the project Supermova, a new series of videos focusing on developing media and their impact on human interactions. ""Why are we sometimes so "therapeutically" outspoken on social media; how virtual worlds without moderators
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Li Zhu All Beings Are Suffering June 11 - June 24 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org All Beings Are Suffering is part of Human Dust, an ongoing project that comprises self-generating scenes of human-like intelligence created by Li Zhu with Unity 3D. These simulated creatures reproduce themselves endlessly,
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Prospectives 2021 is a one-day symposium highlighting an international selection of work by graduate and PhD students working at the edge of developments in scholarly and practice based work involving digital technologies. An invited international group of 12 graduate and PhD level artists and scholars working in and across disciplines
ART GAME
Fotomuseum Winterthur new exhibition How to Win at Photography's online supplement is not a replica of the in situ exhibition, but rather an archive of information related to all-things-playful-image-making. It will grow, so keep an eye on it. LINK : How to Win at Photography Online Supplement
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How to Win at Photography - Image-Making as Play June 5 - October 10 2021 Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland Curated by Marco de Mutiis and Matteo Bittanti official site How to Win at Photography – Image-Making as Play explores the relationship between photography and play. It investigates the notion of image play,
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Curated by Enrique Salmoiraghi, Juega bajo tu propio riesgo. Videojuegos en clave pandémica (Play at your own risk. Pandemic video games) is an international exhibition bringing together the work of artists who use the language of the video game to address emerging issues in contexts of isolation, distancing,and uncertainty.
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Gweni Llwyd and Owen Davies Becoming a Legend May 28 - June 10 2021 Introduced by Luca Miranda vral.org The practice of customizing characters and assets in video games has a long tradition within vernacular as well as avant-garde subcultures. In fact, artists have often pursued this route to
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Mak Ying Tung 2, Home Sweet Home, 2019 (installation shots De Sarthe) Home Sweet Home (2019-) is a series are triptychs on canvas created by Mak Ying Tung 2 through a fascinating process. First the artist appropriated and modified images from The Sims and then she asked three separate painters
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Cassie McQuater HALO May 14 - 27 2021 Introduced by Gemma Fantacci vral.org In these six animated paintings presented as a single channel video, the artist reenacts situations and motifs from the first-person shooter series Halo and the erotic videogame Dream Stripper. Conceived as a dynamic, virtual collage, HALO
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The Fields of Algorithms Curated by David Blandy Thursday 13 May 2021, 8PM Online event The One Minutes Series for May and June explores how video games turn gamers into filmmakers with The Fields of Algorithms, a mixtape of poetic machinima, curated by David Blandy. The British artist will stream
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In 1987, Italian photographer Fabio Ponzio embarked on a photographic odyssey across Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. He began his journey in Istanbul, Turkey and later made his way through Romania, Hungary, and other countries, equipped with a Leica, three Nikons and 100 rolls of film, as the